Bernard Herrmann (June 29, 1911 - December 24, 1975) was an Academy Award-winning composer ("The Devil and Daniel Webster", 1941). Although Herrmann is particularly known for the scores he created for Alfred Hitchcock's films, most famously "Psycho", he also composed notable scores for many other movies including "Citizen Kane", "Cape Fear" and "Taxi Driver". Wikipedia
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